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Ray Rose Ray Rose i(A17939 works by)
Born: Established: 1936 Taroom, Wandoan - Taroom area, Wandoan - Taroom - Theodore area, South West Queensland, Queensland, ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Raised on the family property 'The Brae', Ray left home at nineteen and worked throughout Queensland doing various jobs such as shearer, breaker, fencer, drover, truck driver, sapphire miner, and butcher. Rose's poems have been recorded as songs by Slim Dusty, Tom Maxwell, Brian Letton, Reg Poole, Dean Perret, Nell Carter, Keith Jamieson and others. Slim Dusty's recording of Rose's poem 'West of Winton' earned Dusty and Rose a Gold Guitar in January 2002.

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Bulldust and Ballads : Volume Two Bulldust and Ballads : volume 2 Rockhampton : Central Queensland University Press , 2003 Z1434434 2003 selected work poetry
2004 finalist Australian Bush Laureate Awards — Book of the Year
y separately published work icon Bulldust and Ballads : Stories in Poem and Verse Rockhampton : Central Queensland University Press , 1995 Z418987 1995 selected work poetry
1996 winner Australian Bush Laureate Awards — Judith Hosier Heritage Award
1996 winner Golden Gumleaf Awards — Bush Laureate
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